Sweet tooth hazards
爱吃甜食给健康带来的隐患
语篇导读:
人人都听说过"甜食吃多了对健康有害"。研究发现食糖过量确实会引起一系列相关疾病。本次讲述过量食糖的隐患并讨论平衡饮食的重要性。
Step 1 Vocabulary 词汇表
savoury 咸的sweet tooth 喜好甜食addiction 上瘾processed food 加工食品lace(偷偷地)给(食物或饮品)掺glucose 葡萄糖obesity 肥胖(症)overweight 肥胖的,超重的Type 2 diabetes 二型糖尿病fix 用量(幽默的说法)nutritionist 营养学家zero tolerance 零容忍mood swings 情绪波动puberty 青春期hungover 宿醉的symptom 症状a balance 平衡dental care 牙科护理weight gain 体重增加obsessive 过分的craving 难以抑制的渴求willpower 意志力
health 健康
Step 2 Reading and understanding
Sweet or savoury? What kind of tastes do you like? If like me, you have a sweet tooth, you probably can't resist eating cakes, biscuits or chocolate and will sweeten your tea or coffee with spoonfuls of sugar – delicious! But the taste makes it very easy to ignore the warnings that too much of the white stuff is bad for our health.
Consuming sugar is an addiction – the more we eat, the more we want. Today's processed food, like ready meals, is laced with the stuff and many fizzy drinks contain seven teaspoons of sugar in just one can. In the UK, statistics show that sugar consumption is at its highest level in history and the government is trying to get the food industry to cut the amount of sugar in popular products like chocolate bars by 20% by 2020.
Of course, sugary food tastes nice, it can help lift our mood, and the glucose in it can give us an energy boost. But there are dangers too: a high-sugar diet is linked to obesity, and being overweight can increase the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. With these warning signs, I have considered changing my diet by replacing sugary snacks with fruit and savoury biscuits – but that's boring, I need my sugar fix!
I'm not alone. BBC journalist Radhika Shanghani, has gone one step further. Encouraged by some celebrities and nutritionists promoting a 'zero tolerance' approach to sugar, she gave it up altogether, thinking it would make her healthier. Initially she says, "My first fortnight involves mood swings worse than puberty. I have agonising headaches and feel permanently hungover." These symptoms disappeared but she still found food shopping hard as she was stressing about buying the right things.
Her experiment wasn't a success. She eventually sought advice from Susan Jebb, professor of diet and population health at Oxford University who said: "Lots of people enjoy sugar and gain pleasure from it, so one has to find a balance between enjoyment and eating the right amount."
There are health benefits of cutting down sugar such as improving dental care and reducing weight gain, but there's no need to be obsessive about it. Eating some sugar as part of a balanced diet is fine and exercising will help burn it off. So rather than dealing with your sugar cravings by cutting it out of your diet altogether, why not work on your willpower and learn to say 'no' to a second serving of chocolate fudge cheesecake.
Step 3测验与练习
Task 1 阅读课文并回答问题 。
1. What target has the UK government set the food industry to achieve by 2020?
The government is trying to get the food industry to cut the amount of sugar in popular products like chocolate bars by 20% by 2020.
2. Why did BBC journalist Radhika Shanghani give up sugar altogether?
To be more healthy.
3. True or false?
Susan Jebb, professor of diet and population health at Oxford University, says we should consume no more than seven teaspoons of sugar a day.
False. She actually says "one has to find a balance between enjoyment and eating the right amount."
4. What could help you burn off the sugar you consume?Doing exercise.
5. Which word used in the article means to get advantages from something?Benefits (health benefits)
Task 2请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. I'm feeling sleepy, probably because I haven't had my caffeine ______ today.
A. addiction B. laced C. fix D. cravings
2. The doctor says my ______ are not serious and I probably just have a cold.
A. mood swings B. symptoms C. sweet tooth D.willpower
3. Brushing our teeth in the morning and at night, before bed, is all part of good ______.
A. dentist care B. dentals care C. sweet teeth D. dental care
4. My mum told me that when you go to university, you need to find a ______ between working hard and having fun.
A. balance B. zero tolerance C. hangover D. fix
5. I don't have much of a ______. I would rather eat crisps and other savoury things.
A. sweet toothed B. sweeting tooth C. sweet tooth D. sugar tooth
Task 3 语法填空
Sweet or savoury? What kind of tastes do you like? If like me, you have a sweet tooth, you _1___________ (probable) can't resist eating cakes, biscuits or chocolate and will _2_________ (sweet) your tea or coffee with spoonfuls of sugar – delicious! But the taste makes it very easy to ignore the warnings _3________ too much of the white stuff is bad for our health.
Consuming sugar is an addiction – the more we eat, _4________ more we want. Today's processed food, like ready meals, is laced with the stuff and many fizzy drinks contain seven teaspoons of sugar in just one can. In the UK, statistics show that sugar _5__________ (consume) is at its highest level in history and the government is trying to get the food industry _6_______ (cut) the amount of sugar in popular products like chocolate bars by 20% by 2020.
Of course, sugary food tastes nice, it can help lift our mood, and the glucose in it can give us an energy boost. But there are dangers too: a high-sugar diet is linked to _7________ (obese), and being overweight can increase the risk of _8__________ (get) type 2 diabetes. With these warning signs, I have considered changing my diet by replacing sugary snacks _9_______ fruit and savoury biscuits – but that's boring, I need my sugar fix!
I'm not alone. BBC journalist Radhika Shanghani, has gone one step further. _10___________ (encourage) by some celebrities and nutritionists promoting a 'zero tolerance' approach to sugar, she gave it up altogether, _11__________ (think) it would make her healthier. Initially she says, "My first fortnight involves mood swings _12________ (bad) than puberty. I have agonising headaches and feel permanently hungover." These symptoms disappeared _13_______ she still found food shopping hard as she was stressing about buying the right things.
Her experiment wasn't a success. She _14___________ (eventual) sought advice from Susan Jebb, professor of diet and population health at Oxford University who said: "Lots of people enjoy sugar and gain pleasure from _15______, so one has to find a balance between enjoyment and eating the right amount."
There are health benefits of cutting down sugar such as improving dental care and reducing weight gain, but there's no need to be obsessive about it. _16__________ (eat) some sugar as part of a balanced diet is fine and exercising will help burn it off. So rather than dealing _17________ your sugar cravings by cutting it out of your diet altogether, why not work on your willpower and learn to say 'no' _18_______ a second serving of chocolate fudge cheesecake.
1, probably 2, sweeten 3, that 4, the 5, consumption 6, to cut 7, obesity
8, getting 9, with 10, Encouraged 11, thinking 12, worse 13, but
14, eventually 15, it 16, Eating 17, with 18, to下载本文